12.12.2007
Alpinists of the Donetsk region plan to conquer the Mount Everest

The head of RSA coal industry government ANATOLIY VELYCHKO conducted the conference of the organizational committee devoted to preparation and realization of the First Donetsk Himalayas’ expedition, which in Spring 2008 plans the ascent of the Mount Everest (8848 meters).

1982 fellow countryman Mykhaylo Turkevych amalgamating with Soviet Himalayas expedition at the first time made an ascent of the Mount Everest. During 25 years nobody out of Donetsk residents was able to repeat such a sport achievement.
Donetsk alpinists plan make an ascent of the Mount Everest. The leader of the Donetsk Himalayas expedition is confirmed the sport master of the international class, several times the Champion and prize winner of Ukraine, Russia and CIS, the participant and the leader of the 10 Himalayas expeditions, Serhiy Kovalyov.

To the main complement of the expedition “Everest-2008” are also included the sport masters, alpinist instructors, the Champion of Ukraine 2006-2007 years Oleh Paliy, sport master candidate, alpinist instructor, the Champion of Ukraine 2006 Ihor Storozhenko and the expedition doctor Oleh Lavrynenko.

The main stages of the preparation, organization and realization of the expedition that is financing, designing of documentation, preparation of the equipment and symbolics were reviewed on the organizational committee conference. As Serhiy Kovalyov said today preparedness for the ascent is 90%. The last preparation includes financing, booking tickets, etc. As ANATOLIY VOVCHENKO informed on the conference the idea of conquering the summit was supported by the RSA chairman VOLODYMYR LOGVYNENKO and the oblast council chairman ANATOLIY BLYZNYUK. Part of costs is planned to be taken from city budget and the other part – from the region budget. 800 thousands of hryvnyas are needed for all this.
To show the respect to miners’ work alpinists intend to bring up the Donetsk coal together with the flag of Ukraine, oblast and miners’ towns to the top, as a symbol of industrial Donbas and as ANATOLIY VOVCHENKO said “coal is the foundation of Ukraine, the guarantee of our stability, prosperity and sport development”